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CIAA announces 2006 Hall of Fame class
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association is proud to announce its 2006 class of inductees to
the CIAA McLendon Hall of Fame, who will be
formally installed at the John B. McLendon Hall of Fame
Luncheon during tournament week in Charlotte, NC
on Friday, March 3 at the Westin Hotel, 11:00am.
Hal Jackson, former sports editor of the
Washington (DC) Afro-American Newspaper, is being
honored for his service to the CIAA Basketball
Tournament, dating back to its inaugural year at Turner Arena
in Washington, DC. Jackson was the radio promoter for
the first tournament, and also served as announcer while
it was in Washington. This former owner of the
Washington Bears, a black professional basketball team that
went 66-0 in 1942-43, was one of the first advocates
for broadcasting black college bowl games on major
networks. Jackson has been on the radio since the late
30's and currently serves as host and executive producer
of "Sunday Classics" on New York's 107.5, WBLS.
Winston-Salem State University's William "Bill" English will join this class as the CIAA's single-game scoring record-holder with 77 points against Fayetteville State. A member of the WSSU Hall of Fame and two-time All-America selection in 1968 and 1969 and all-CIAA and all-NAIA, this high scorer (2,113 points) ranks in WSSU's history books in categories including scoring, free throws, field goals made and rebounding.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Art Shell played both football and basketball at Maryland Eastern Shore, then known as Maryland State, and went on to become the first African-American head coach in the NFL's modern era when he was head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1989-1994. Drafted out of Maryland State, Shell had an outstanding career with the Raiders as an offensive tackle from 1968-1982. After his playing career, Art became the Raiders' offensive line coach from 1983-1989. Since 2002, Shell has worked for the National Football League supervising all NFL football operations and development.
Mike Davis, an elite basketball star from Virginia Union University, spent three seasons with the Panthers. As VUU's all-time leading scorer with 2,758 points, Davis received all-conference honors each of his three years and was named the 1969 CIAA Player of the Year. He is the second all-time leading scorer in the CIAA, second only to WSSU's Earl Monroe.
Sandra Shuler, women's Coordinator for North Carolina Central University from 1974-1980 was a pioneer by developing the championship format for CIAA volleyball. In 1973 she coordinated NCCU's transition from women's sports governed under the Women's Athletics Association to intercollegiate athletics. The following year she organized and coached the first NCCU intercollegiate volleyball team. She also did the same for softball at NCCU. She is the author of two books on intercollegiate athletics and has also written a history of NCCU's Physical Education and Recreation Department from 1937-1985.
AURN names 2006 grid All-Americans
American Urban Radio Networks has
announced the members of the 2005 SBN Sports Black
College All-American (BCAA) Team. The team will be
honored during the annual BCAA Awards Weekend February 17-18, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Grambling State Tigers led the way with five players selected. Grambling QB Bruce Eugene was named SBN Sports Doug Williams Offensive Player of the Year, Hampton University linebacker Justin Durant was named SBN Sports Mel Blount Defensive Player of the Year and Hampton University Head Coach Joe Taylor was named SBN Sports Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year.
| QB | Bruce Eugene, Sr., Grambling |
| RB | Alonzo Coleman, Jr., Hampton |
| RB | Isaac Redman, So., Bowie State |
| WR | Henry Tolbert, Jr., Grambling |
| WR | Kenneth Henderson, Sr.,Tuskegee |
| TE | Jonathan Allen, Jr., Norfolk State |
| OL | Gerrell Golightly, Sr., Hampton |
| OL | Fred Nolan, Sr., Bethune-Cookman |
| OL | Clyde Reed, Jr., S.C. State |
| OL | Jonathan Banks, Sr., Grambling |
| OL | Ronald Simmons, Sr., Albany State |
| PK | Andrew Paterini, Jr., Hampton |
| DL | Joe Sykes, Sr., Southern |
| DL | Martin Jackson, Jr., Alcorn State |
| DL | Jason Hatcher, Sr., Grambling |
| DL | Alton Pettway, Jr., Albany State |
| LB | Justin Durant, Jr., Hampton |
| LB | Sam Smith, Sr., Delaware State |
| LB | Tyler Knight, Jr., Mississippi Valley |
| DB | Antoine Bethea, Sr., Howard |
| DB | Bobbie Williams, So., Bethune-Cookman |
| DB | Marcus Wright, Sr., Kentucky State |
| DB | Jamar Landrom, Sr., Tennessee State |
| P | Eric Contos, Sr., Delaware State |
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